CVE-2006-3250

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Live Messenger 8.0 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Contact List (.ctt) file, which triggers the overflow when it is imported by the user.

Published: 2006-06-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3250 is rated High Exploit Risk (63/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.85%, 93th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-3250

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3250

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 19.86% 6.85% -13.01%
2 2025-03-30 23.55% 19.86% -3.69%
3 2025-03-29 — 23.55% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3250

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3250

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3250

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-3250: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-3250

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3250

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_live_messenger 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3250

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